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Burkina Faso

EU launches major embassy reshuffle

Half of the European Union's embassies in West Africa are due to change hands by 2025, including those in Abidjan and Accra.

Free access Diplomacy 26.09.2024

Tycoon Simon Tiemtoré hoping to buy stake in Novamed healthcare group

Simon Tiemtoré, a US businessman from Burkina Faso and founder of Lilium Capital, pan-African banking conglomerate Vista Bank's holding company, has entered into negotiations to buy the Novamed healthcare group.

Subscribers only Finance 24.09.2024

Two Vista Bank mainstays exit group

The pan-African banking group has just lost two of its mainstays: Stéphane Ouédraogo and Thierry Hott. Ouédraogo and Hott are both well-connected in the sub-region, and had shared their contacts with Vista Bank.

Subscribers only Finance 17.09.2024

French embassy returns Ouagadougou flats lent by the authorities

The French embassy in Burkina Faso recently completed its handing back of around twenty flats made available to it by the authorities in Ouagadougou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.09.2024

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

The authorities in Abidjan and Cotonou have agreed to accept a donation of US armoured vehicles originally destined for Niger. Other equipment could go to Ghana.

Subscribers only Defence 10.09.2024

Behind the scenes of tycoon Simon Tiemtoré's reconciliation with Endeavour Mining

On 26 August, Lilium Capital and Canadian mining group Endeavour finalised an agreement to transfer to the state the Boungou and Wahgnion gold mines, at the heart of their dispute since June 2023. The deal had been discussed since May, under the close supervision of the junta.

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2024

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

The banking commission of the Central Bank of West African States is considering sanctions against several of the group's senior executives for 'regulatory breaches'.

Subscribers only Finance 02.09.2024

Insecurity drives down gold production

The deteriorating security situation is taking a heavy toll on Burkina Faso's gold mining industry, the backbone of the country's economy. According to a confidential internal report from the Ministry of Mines, Burkinabe gold production has fallen by 10 tonnes in two years.

Subscribers only Mining 27.08.2024

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

France's foreign ministry had a tough time approving the delegations that junta-led countries in Africa hoped to send to the Paris Olympic Games.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2024

The Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on 16 July 2024.

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

The Ghanaian president threw his support behind his Nigerian counterpart at the recent summit of the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.07.2024

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Several leaders of French-speaking countries are not expected in Abuja on 7 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2024

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

The Deputy Director of the Zambia Police Service, Mubita Nawa, has failed to convince Interpol's Executive Committee to make him its candidate for the post of Secretary General.

Subscribers only Defence 26.06.2024

Outcry from foreign companies over new mining code

The new Burkina mining code is currently being debated by the transitional parliament. The text, which Africa Intelligence has seen, has been drawn up in the utmost secrecy without input from the Chamber of Mines and has not gone down well with foreign mining firms.

Subscribers only Mining 21.06.2024

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

The Nigerian president's one-year term at the head of the West African regional organisation ends in July, but the Senegalese leader Diomaye Faye appears to have lost interest in taking over.

Free access Diplomacy 20.06.2024

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on 29 May 2024.

French military readies its African revolution

Paris is finalising plans for the future of France's military presence in Africa, with a completely new structure to be announced shortly.

Subscribers only Defence 18.06.2024

Emmanuel Macron with French Army Chief of Staff, General Thierry Burkhard, in Paris on 11 November 2023,

ECOWAS heads of state to meet on 7 July

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Abuja on 7 July for their annual summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2024

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

They have been in France since 12 June for a seminar on bilateral cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.06.2024

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ukraine is exploring new avenues for economic development in a bid to put an end to the neutrality of West African states in the Russo-Ukrainian war, while also trying to reinvent its previous security cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2024

Ukraine's special envoy for Africa and the Middle East, Maksym Subkh, in Kyiv, on 17 May 2024.

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

With France's diplomats increasingly less interested in becoming ambassadors in Africa, French army generals look ready to step into their shoes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.05.2024

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

The 10 or so French ambassadors posted in ECOWAS capitals will gather in Cotonou, Benin for their traditional annual conference on 25-26 April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

ECOWAS's plans to create a regional anti-terrorist force is still caught up on financing issues.

Subscribers only Defence 20.03.2024

Interpol explores new form of police cooperation in West Africa

Interpol has been working for over a year on a project to create a regional police force in West Africa. Preliminary meetings are scheduled for next month.

Subscribers only Defence 18.03.2024

Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

In late February, Ibrahim Traoré refused to renew Afrique Pesage's contract to manage weigh stations.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.03.2024

A commercial truck outside Ouagadougou, in 2012.

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Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents

The Burkinabe junta suspects Washington and Paris of blocking the delivery of an Embraer Super Tucano attack plane, and this is overshadowing negotiations for the release of four DGSE agents detained in Ouagadougou.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.03.2024

Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso's transitional government.

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

The French think-tank Institut Choiseul has been active in Africa since 2014 and now plans to increase its presence in 2024. This March, it will launch a club specifically dedicated to the continent.

Subscribers only Finance 26.02.2024

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Burkina Faso

EU launches major embassy reshuffle

Tycoon Simon Tiemtoré hoping to buy stake in Novamed healthcare group

Two Vista Bank mainstays exit group

French embassy returns Ouagadougou flats lent by the authorities

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

Behind the scenes of tycoon Simon Tiemtoré's reconciliation with Endeavour Mining

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

Insecurity drives down gold production

Spotlight
Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

Outcry from foreign companies over new mining code

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

French military readies its African revolution

ECOWAS heads of state to meet on 7 July

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

Interpol explores new form of police cooperation in West Africa

Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

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Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

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Burkina Faso

EU launches major embassy reshuffle

Tycoon Simon Tiemtoré hoping to buy stake in Novamed healthcare group

Two Vista Bank mainstays exit group

French embassy returns Ouagadougou flats lent by the authorities

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

Behind the scenes of tycoon Simon Tiemtoré's reconciliation with Endeavour Mining

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

Insecurity drives down gold production

Spotlight Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

Outcry from foreign companies over new mining code

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

French military readies its African revolution

ECOWAS heads of state to meet on 7 July

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

Spotlight From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

Interpol explores new form of police cooperation in West Africa

Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

Spotlight Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

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Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents